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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1905
Page
6
An 19th century medical blurb urges Green's August Flower as a remedy to prevent acute indigestion and related heart events. It claims the product treats digestion, regulates the liver, purifies blood, and tones the body, available in 25c and 75c sizes, sold by local druggists Jos. Emmert and W. Br. Jungkianz.
An advertorial note touts a washing method purportedly to rid dandruff by feeding the germs causing baldness with unnamed compounds including Canthrarides and Glycarine. It promotes a “genuine feathermicdde” product from The Therpleide Co. and urges druggists to stock via mail samples from Joseph Ommert, Special Agent in Durrvit Mich.
A Sunday School quarterly overview presents multiple biblical lessons from John Mark and Revelation, with Golden Texts and reflections on Jesus as the Good Shepherd, the resurrection, and bearing witness. It notes key figures like Lazarus, Martha, Mary, Pilate, and the disciples, underscoring themes of life, faith, and service.
Christian Endeavor weekly topic by Rev. Doyle centers on national heritage as a blessing from past sacrifices. Emphasizes inheritance of religious liberty, the Bible, and faith in God, urging gratitude and use of gifts to pass blessings to future generations. Includes Bible readings from Kings, Chronicles, Proverbs, Acts.
The English Christian Endeavor movement explores using an objection box to collect and address raised questions at meetings. Objections may cover foreign missions pledge consecration and tithing, with speakers prepared to counter challenges. A New Endeavor in Japan forms a sailors’ families focused group in Yokosuka and Maizuru yards, attracting support for seamen families.
Poem praising Maine and its Christian Endeavor movement. Celebrates pine state, temperance, self control, Longfellow Airth as poet of youth, and enduring virtue in Christian Endeavor. Emphasizes power purity and youth as banner stories.
In a damaged diary style excerpt a couple argue over engagement and past actions. He recalls a planned marriage while she accuses him of lies and restraint. Their dialogue touches on letters, a bet, a hoarded confession, and a restrained bond amid family pressure.
A garbled excerpt discusses 17th century tobacco habits where pipes were offered to ladies in theater, notes a traveler’s claim of smoking as common in Tugland, and mentions snuff use by women of quality. It shifts to lace work trees of Jamaica with continuous inner bark and its decorative uses, referencing a Jamaica governor gifting Charles II fabrics of this plant and its display in Kew Museum.
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